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Describe the daily life of salves.
•Hard Work•16 hr days•Sunup to Sundown•Cruel Punishments
Describe family life for slaves:
Provided feeling of pride
EXTENDED FAMILIES – roots from Africa (grandparents Grandchildren)
Who was NAT TURNER?
Slave preacher who led a revolt
of slaves
Describe NAT TURNER’S REBELLION.
Revolt of frustrated slaves that killed 60 whites
What was the result Turner’s Rebellion?
•Increased Southern fears of Revolt•Many innocent blacks killed•Turner & followers hanged
List some aspects of culture that helped African Americas endure the brutal
life of slavery.
•Handed Down Stories & Songs•Faith in God•Bible Stories
What were SPIRITUALS?
Religious Songs often used to pass hidden messages
between slaves
What were two reasons people opposed slavery?
Political – “All men are created equal”
Religious – equal in the eyes of God
Define ABOLITION
Ending something completely
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
An ex-slave who was an emotional and eloquent abolitionist speaker
Fredrick Douglass
Published a biography of his life to prove he was once a slave and was now a free man
How did William Lloyd Garrison help the
abolitionist cause:
Toured North Convincing other of
the wrongs of slavery
White Abolitionist who launched The Liberator (Anti-
Slavery Newspaper)
What was the Underground Railroad?
Secret network of
abolitionists who worked together to
help runaway slaves reach
freedom
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An escaped slave who
herself returned as a conductor
19 times to lead others to freedom.
Who were the leaders of the women’s rights
movement?
Grimke Sisters & Sojourner Truth – Black women who
struggled for women’s rights
What did the Seneca Falls Convention achieve?
Marked beginning of an organized women’s rights
movement